Profiles management

The Profiles Management page is the central place from where you can define and manage backup profiles. Each backup profiles can be regarded as a container holding JoomlaPack configuration values and filter settings. Each one uniquely and completely defines the way JoomlaPack will perform its backup process.

The main page consists of a list of all backup profiles. On the left hand column there is a check box allowing the selection of a backup profile so that one of the toolbar operations can be applied. The other column displays the description of the backup profile. Clicking on it leads you to the editor page, where you can change this description.

On the page's toolbar you can find the operations buttons:

New

Creates a new, empty profile. Clicking on this button will lead you to the editor page, where you can define the name of the new profile, or cancel the operation if you've changed your mind.

Copy

Creates a prostine copy of the selected backup profile. The copy will have the same name and include all of the configuraton options and filter settings of the original.

Delete

Permanently removes a backup profile. All associated configuration options and filter settings are removed as well. This is an irreversible operation; once a profile is deleted, it's gone forever.

[Note]Note

Due to functionality reasons you can not delete the default profile (the one with an ID of 1). This is used as a fall-back choice in case of ambiguity, or when you are starting JoomlaPack for the first time.

Export

Exports the selected backup profile's configuration options and filter settings to an XML backup file for safe-keeping. This is useful when upgrading JoomlaPack.

Import

Imports a previously saved XML backup file, the opposite of the Export operation. The imported settings appear in a newly created profile at the end of the list.

The editor page

The editor page is trivial. The only changeable parameter is the profile's description. Clicking on Save applies the settings and gets you to the main Profile Management page. Clicking on Apply applies the settings and returns you to the editor page. Finally, clicking on Cancel will disregard any changes made and get you to the main Profile Management page.